Transforming skills to meet innovation challenges – WS 05 2019

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Consolidated programme 2019 overview

Title: Transforming skills to meet innovation challenges

Proposals assigned to this session: ID 20, 111, 193, 207 – list of all proposals as pdf

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Session teaser

Labour market is facing a global skills crisis that could offset the economic promise of technological innovation. At the same time, the demand for new approaches to learning is growing as fast as never before. This session will examine the potential of new learning opportunities for building skills needed to meet innovation challenges and offer recommendations for businesses, policy makers, and job seekers among all generations aimed at creating sustainable working environment in digital age.

Session description

Rapid technological development made humanity face an unprecedented challenge of constant learning through transformation of skills and increased adaptability. To be able to catch up with innovations individuals and organizations need to continuously improve their skills and upgrade their working methods. Understanding emerging technologies and thinking beyond them is a key precondition for smooth adaptation to innovative business ideas and successful integration in emergent business models. During this session, the learning methods required to deal with skills crisis will be discussed. This session is aimed at getting to know what skills organizations are looking for when hiring new employees to be prepared for and produce innovations themselves, exploring the success and failure factors of startups, delving into governments’ initiatives in innovative education for young generation, as well as analyzing how different generations are accepting the change of innovation paradigm.

This session will gather representatives of various stakeholder groups to make the discussion as diverse and comprehensive as possible. Moreover, we expect each of you to be an active participant and contributor to the session, which will be possible due to an interactive format of fish bowl that we are going to use. Join us and let’s innovate together during the session and beyond.

Format

Fish Bowl – we will have invited speakers sitting in a semicircle and presenting their views on one of the selected issues in a short and concise manner. The rest of the group will be sitting in a bigger semicircle, or any other open format without the tables. One chair in the smaller semicircle should always be kept vacant for anyone from the audience to jump into the discussion at any point. If the empty chair is taken, one of the speakers has to leave his place to open space for new participants to join and present their views. The moderator will be facilitating the discussion, and making sure the discussion stays within the remit of the session. Due to interactive format of the session and welcoming atmosphere created by the setup, we expect all attendees to feel comfortable to join the discussion.

Further reading

  1. Technology, jobs, and the future of work, McKinsey Global Institute
  2. The Digital Labour Market, Global Opportunity Explorer
  3. How to unlock Europe’s digital growth potential, Ernst & Young
  4. Delivering digital skills: A guide to preparing the workforce for an inclusive digital economy, Readie
  5. Strategies for the New Economy: Skills as the Currency of the Labour Market, World Economic Forum
  6. Weconomics: ‘Work Less, Achieve More’

People

Focal Points

  • Olga Kyryliuk, The Influencer Platform
  • Oliana Sula, University "Aleksander Moisiu" Durres/Estonian Business School

Organising Team (Org Team) List them here as they sign up.

  • Erklina Denja, Magnific shpk Finance Accounting
  • Anne Joldersma
  • Artemia-Dimitra Korovesi
  • Diona Kusari
  • Sabrina Vorbau, European Schoolnet

Key Participants

  • Catherine Garcia-van Hoogstraten, Data Governance, Technology, Cybersecurity, Public Sect. Digitalisation at THUAS/ Global Forum on Cyber Expertise AB member
    Bridging policy silos in the digital field, working on cutting edge technology-related legal and policy issues. Lecturer & Researcher in Data Governance, Technology, Cybersecurity and Public Sector Digitalisation at Centre of Expertise Cybersecurity-The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Public Sector Digitalisation consultant and Advisory Board member at the Global Forum of Cyber Expertise(GFCE). In addition, Cyber Security and Internet Governance Expert with the World Economic Forum Expert Network and Senior Consultant with the Multilateral Diplomacy Program- United Nations Institute for Training and Research(UNITAR).
  • Ruben Brave, CEO at Entelligence BV
    Ruben Brave is a Media professional and TMT-entrepreneur with over 25 years of purebred networking experience. Since 2004 founder of business incubator Entelligence (www.entelligence.nl) for pre-seed funding, (valorisation)mentoring and coaching regarding start-ups that concern themselves with Online Media, ICT & automation, Health & Life Long Learning. More info & connect with Ruben via https://about.me/rubenbrave
  • Sofia Rasgado, Coordinator at Portuguese Safer Internet Centre (SIC)
    Sofia Rasgado, coordinator at Portuguese Safer Internet Centre, took a degree in Sociology and a master’s degree in Public Health. Since 2015, she takes part in the “National ICT and Society Network”, which aims digital inclusion and to increase the digital literacy in Portugal and she is also involved in how a multistakeholder approach maximizes public policies related to ICT and society, namely on how to address challenges, find solutions, planning and evaluating. Currently she is part of the team responsible for implementing the INCODE2030 National Program.
  • Tey El-Rjula, Co-founder & CEO at Tykn
    Tey's story is an unlikely one. Labeled as The Invisible Man at the age of 5 to becoming literally one in the Netherlands 25 years later. He is an early adopter of Bitcoin, pioneering the use of blockchain to break financial and identity barriers. Tey started a tech4good company that helps others like him. A journey that ultimately led him to the realization of his life's mission: turning invisible people into invincible ones. Through his work as a CEO, writer, speaker, and a holder of MSc in Digital Currencies and Blockchain Technology he is determined to become a billionaire. Not in terms of money but in positively touching the lives of billions of people.
  • Thijs van Reekum, Policy Advisor at Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs
    Within the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy responsible for the digital skills policy, and supports the cabinet-wide Dutch Digitalisation Strategy.
  • Alexander Gunkel, Managing Director & Founder at Space4Good.
    Alexander Gunkel is a serial entrepreneur using space technology for social and environmental good. He co-founded 3 impact ventures: "Skytree" which invented a CO2 recycling process to reduce global CO2 emissions, "RoadEO" which is developing a global road quality monitoring and prediction platform to improve road safety and comfort and "Space4Good" an innovation lab and venture generator using latest developments from the space industry to tackle SDG related challenges. Before starting his entrepreneurial career Alexander studied mechanical engineering and business administration and worked as a project management trainee at the European Space Agency.

Moderator

  • Oliana Sula, Lecturer at University "Aleksander Moisiu" Durres/PhD Candidate in Management at Estonian Business School
  • Olga Kyryliuk, PhD, CEO & Founder at The Influencer Platform

Remote Moderator

Trained remote moderators will be assigned on the spot by the EuroDIG secretariat to each session.

Reporter

  • Ana Maria Correa, Geneva Internet Platform

Reporters will be assigned by the EuroDIG secretariat in cooperation with the Geneva Internet Platform. The Reporter takes notes during the session and formulates 3 (max. 5) bullet points at the end of each session that:

  • are summarised on a slide and presented to the audience at the end of each session
  • relate to the particular session and to European Internet governance policy
  • are forward looking and propose goals and activities that can be initiated after EuroDIG (recommendations)
  • are in (rough) consensus with the audience

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